The European Mouse Mutant Archive (EMMA)

 

is a non-profit repository for the collection, archiving (via cryopreservation) and distribution of relevant mutant strains essential for basic biomedical research.The laboratory mouse is the most important mammalian model for studying genetic and multi-factorial diseases in man. Thus the work of EMMA will play a crucial role in exploiting the tremendous potential benefits to human health presented by the current research in mammalian genetics.

The EMMA network is a partnership of several laboratories and other institutions throughout Europe. The current membership includes the CNR Istituto di Biologia Cellulare in Monterotondo, Italy (core structure), the CNRS Centre de Distribution, de Typage et d'Archivage animal in Orleans, France, the MRC Mammalian Genetics Unit in Harwell, UK, the KI Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, the FCG Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência in Oeiras, Portugal, the GSF Institute of Experimental Genetics in Munich, Germany and the EMBL European Bioinformatics Institute in Hinxton, UK. The EMMA network is directed by Professor Martin Hrabé de Angelis who also heads the GSF/IEG in Munich.


EMMA is supported by the partner institutions and by the European Commission's FP6 Research Infrastructures Programme.  

 

 

Emma Partner in Europe CNR/IBC
Istituto di Biologia Cellulare, Monterotondo, Italy

CNRS/CDTA
Centre de Distribution, de Typage et d'Archivage animal , Orleans, France

MRC/MGU
Mammalian Genetics Unit, Harwell, UK

Karolinska Institutet
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

FCG/IGC
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência , Oeiras, Portugal

GSF/IEG
Institute of Experimental Genetics, Munich, Germany

EMBL/EBI
European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton UK

 

 

EMMA is a founding member of the Federation of International Mouse Resources (FIMRe).

 

 

Objectives

EMMA's primary objective is to establish and manage a unified repository for maintaining medically relevant mouse mutants and making them available to the scientific community. Therefore, EMMA archives mutant strains and distributes them to requesting researchers. EMMA also hosts courses in cryopreservation, to promote the use and dissemination of frozen embryos and spermatozoa. Dissemination of knowledge is further fostered by a dedicated resource database.